A car bomb explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, has left dozens of people dead in the latest terror attack to rock the war-torn east Africa country.
The blast at a checkpoint in the city ripped through lines of people and vehicles on a busy Saturday morning. Images shared by Aamin Ambulance, an independent emergency organisation based in the capital, showed black smoke billowing from the site and debris scattered on the ground.
The government has not confirmed an official death toll but Aamin Ambulance’s founder, Abdulkadir Adan, said that as many as 76 people had been killed and a further 70 injured. That would make the attack the deadliest incident in the country since twin truck bombings killed almost 600 people in Mogadishu in 2017.